The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-11-24
Literature.


her ability to write book in that direction
which shall thoroughly interest even the
youngest readers has already been cNemplied
In her volume published last year, Ny Land
and Water Friends. The young people form a
little natural history club with the aim of find
ing out new facts about animals, insects and
other living creatures. and their father pre-
sides over their Investigations, rendering oc-
casional advice and instruction. The book is
very bright and readable, and crammed with
curious facts illustrative of the intelligence of
the lower orders of animal life Illustrated.
Price, S1.50. ID. Lothrop \ Co., Boston.
My GARDEN PETS. BY Mary Treat. Mary
Treat is well known to readers of IIarper's
Magazine as one Of the most entertaining
writer's on plant and insect life who have con-
tributed to the pages of that periodical during
Its existence. The publishers have been fortu-
nate enough to secure a series of articles from
her pen on the habits and intelligence of in-
sects. principally ants and SPIDERS which they
bring out In pretty little volume with illus
trations. IL cannot fail to interest all classes of
readers. particularly those who are interested
In natural history studies. Illustrated Price.
20 cents. ID. Lothrop Co., Boston.
NOTES.
The cover of the Christmas number of Scrib-
| ner's Magazine will be something entirely
unique in the field of magazine publication.
''Bg Wages and How to Earn Them." is the
| title of a book which the Harpers are about to
publish. 1t Is written from the point of view
Of an Independent laborer.
Mark Twain has written something in the
form of play, entitled "Mesterschaft.'
| which will appear in an early number of The
| Century. The play, as may be supposed. Is in
| two languages.
ELn II
novel, "Guenn.'' is making Il handsome addi-
| ton to her living by selling locks of her hair TO
sentimental tourists who visit the French vii
luge described in the novel.
| With the November number American Art
enters upon its second volume. 1t has large
corps of art contributors, and crcditab!y fills
its chosen field. Published at 119 fremont
| street, Boston. 800 year.
The Rev. DIR. A. p. Peabody. wcll-belovcd
| of all Harvard men, has prepared volume of
"PersOnal "reminiscences OF Harvard College
| as it was sixty years ago. 1t will appear in
January from the Ticknor Press.
In The Ignoramuscs'' (now in press. Mrs
CrowninSheld has carried her party of young
| people to Europe. where they have even more
| striking and varied adventures than in that de
! lightfuI book, ''All Among the Lighthouses"
| Mr.. Rider IIaggard has not one but two new
| books nearly ready for publication. One is a
| romance based OH Egyptian history. and the
| other is a story of modern life founded on
what Is said to lie Il remarkably original motive.
| The sale of Robert Grants ",Iack Hail.
published by MesSrs. Jordan, Marsh Il Co..
| has already gone to 10000. Mr.. Grant has
| made such an arrangement with his publishers
| that he retains absolute control of his copy
right.
"Bybury to Beacon Street is the title of
| new book by Abby Morton piaz. Wise and
| witty, sparkling but never shallow. practical
yet piquant, saving thought while awakening
| it. these talks touch upon the very issues OF
daily living and daily action.
In the December Outing Captain r. +. Coffin
| treats us to another iuimitahe yarn of a sailors
| life. and quantity moraizos in the peculiar
| Nernacular Of the "Od Salt about the queer
| philosophy one meets in the foreca>tc. The
story is really charming reading.
Bret IIarte's story in the Forthcoming Christ
mas Scrbner's is entitled "A Drift from Red
| wood Camp" The scene of it is ON the Pacific
! coaSt-the region of his early successes. The
hero of it. "Skeesick>,' is said to he an inter-
esting type of the ''no-account man.
A pathetic account of an organized method
adopted by our soldiers. when in the field, for
| celebrating the return of Christmas. will be
given in the December number of The Amer
| lean Magazine, by one of the survivors of Il
society which held its last meeting during the
| war.
II. c. Burners story in scribner'> for De
| cenber is entitled '.Thc Iadoc Pine Labor
Union' and is said to he filed with humor and
genial satire exposing the abSurlity of the
foreign ideas about Labor and capital which
have found footIod among workinsncn in
this country.
An example of Edmund Clarence >je,llnan's
finest poetry appears in the Christmas Wide
Awake; it is especially Christmas poem and
has been pronounced one of tine ioltic>t since
Millions "Naiyity." 1t is entitled The Star
| Bearer: a Legend of the seventh flciath i he
illustrations are by Howard Pyle.
/ Outing for December contains the thrilling
| experiences of Emma Frances Benedict during
| her winters soiourn in General Hooker
camp. The illustrations and frontiSpotr are
| by A. X. WaUd-ln artist WHO was on the
SPOT and familiar with all the incidents She
describcs-and }. f. Kelly. The article is c>-
pecially novel and interesting, and will rccoul-
mend itself more particularly to female readers
Mrs. +. ii. Burnetts new story will begin In
the Christmas number of st. Nicholas. Ii is
called Sara Crewe. and it depicts the life Of
little girl in a boarding->chool in London His
| number of st. Nicholas will have stories by
w
K. stockton, and j. L. Trowbridge, with an
illustrated account of the VOYAGE of the " orld
balloon, written by the reporter VINO took the
trip from St Louis last summer.
The American Magazine for December will
be Christmas number. Its leading article
by VIM. ii. lngerSoll, will discuss the pecu i;rl-
ties of the accepted likeness of Christ. anl re-
| count the legend of its origin. This likeness
| is traceable in the sacred art of all Christian
| matt I. Upp d
| Ingerscll will more especially describe the en-
! teavors of distinguished American painters
and sculptors to represent this ideal. The
article will be abundantly illustrated.
The best-Iiked by children and parents Of all
the religious papers for children. The Pan~l
comes again with its freight of pictures and
| stories. We call it religious, because its motive
is that--regon is never forgotten on any page
of it, Nevertheless it engages Young children
as well as their fathers and mothers. There
are few religious publications of which the
same can he said. The publishers. d. loihrop
| Company Boston, will send Il copy on receipt
of five cents. by the way, this number begins
| Il new volume, and contains Il remarkable Pre-
! MUM List.
The seventh volume of Ahlcn's CycIopcdia
| of Universal Literature now published contains
| biographical sketches OF about 100 authors. of
all ages and countries, with copious extracts
from their writings, all arranged in strictly al
phabetcal order. The following are few of
the names included in the volume: Andrew J.
Downing, the most famous writer on Land
scape Gardening; Joseph Rodman Drake. auth
or of The Cuprit Fay; John w. Draper, the
American scientist and historian; Prof. Henry
Drummond, whose recent work. Natural Law
in the Spiritual World. has been pronounced
"almost a revelation: John Dryden. the
famous British poet; Paul Du Chaillu, the not
ed traveller in Africa and Scandinavia; Mad
anne Dudevant, (''Gcorge Sand') the famous